10th Mar 2005 16:00
Signet Group PLC10 March 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company Signet Group plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Schroders plc and Schroder Investment Management Limited, its subsidiaries andaffiliated companies 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 As in (2) above. Please see letter below from Schroder Investment ManagementLimited 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Please see letter below 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired N/A 6) Percentage of issued class N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed Not stated 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Class of security 0.5p ordinary shares 10) Date of transaction Not stated 11) Date company informed 10.03.05 12) Total holding following this notification Not stated - ceased to have a notifiable interest 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification Please see letter below from Schroder Investment Management Limited 14) Any additional information - 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries ANNE KEATES 0870 9090301 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification Date of notification ....10.03.05 LETTER FROM SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 09 March 2005 Dear Sirs 0.5p ORDINARY SHARES ("SHARES") We write to advise you that while we, Schroder Investment Management Limited,continue to have an interest in the above-mentioned shares, it has ceased to bea notifiable interest for the purposes of Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (theAct) since it represents less than 10% of the nominal value of that relevantshare capital, which we understand to be 1,735,877,888. This notification is made to you in respect of our own interest as investmentmanagers and also on behalf of:- a. Schroder Unit Trusts Limited, an affiliated company, b. Schroder Investment Management North America Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary, c. Schroders plc., our holding company, In relation to any interest they may have or be treated as having respectivelyunder the Act. Yours faithfully Alison Dunn Assistant Manager - Compliance This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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